The 2016 Fall Deep Stack Poker Series took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa beginning Thursday, October 20th and concluding Sunday, October 30th. The six-event festival was headlined by $150, $350 and $570 multi-flight tournaments. The $350 opener drew 638 entries and was won by Tom Nguyen while the $150 prelim drew 421 entries and saw Dillon Burns earn its top prize.

Fall Deep Stack Poker Series $570 buy-in winner, Alexandru Ivan

Besting a field of 506 entries in the series’ $570 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Main Event was Alexandru Ivan. Ivan, who pocketed $49,203 following a heads-up chop with Amie Martini, is 34 years old and resides in nearby Palm Harbor. The win marks the fourth of his career and moves him over $100,000 in reported earnings.

Recognized as Event 6 on the schedule, the $570 buy-in tournament marked the Main Event of 11-day series. It drew an impressive field including the likes of Seminole Hard Rock Tampa pros John Racener and Justin Zaki, 2010 November Niner John Dolan, tournament regular Allen Kessler and professional poker player and wine maker Brian Reinert. In the end, the event shattered its $200,000 guarantee to the tune of a $253,000 prize pool.

That’s a wrap on the Fall Deep Stack series, but next up at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is the Winter Poker Open. The event kicks off December 1st with the $1,650 buy-in Championship beginning December 15th. In addition to a $300,000 guarantee, it is points eligible in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race.

The 2016 Summer Deep Stack Poker Series ran August 18-28 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, FL. The 11-day festival featured five primary events and was headlined by a $570 buy-in, $200,000 guarantee. With a field of 629 entries, the six-figure target was easily bested as the prize pool topped $300,000.

Claiming victory in the series’ premier tournament was Tyrone Wilson, a 48-year-old disc jockey from Orlando. Wilson earned $47,959 along with the property’s token guitar trophy following an eight-way chop.

Another massive field at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa generates prize pool in excess of $200,000.

Frederico Camara is poker’s latest champion following a victory in the Summer Little Slick Poker Series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa Sunday night. Camara, who is 34 years old and hails from Brazil, defeated 1,826 entries in the $150 buy-in event. The win marks his third reported tournament cash and sends him home with $39,797 as well as the token guitar trophy.

Over the course of six days and 11 starting flights, the event’s massive field generated a total prize pool of $219,120 smashing the $150,000 guarantee. The top 180 players finished in the money including June’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Player of the Series Karl Manouchakian (eighth, $5,368), Antuan Bunkley (31st, $811), Herbert Woodbery (60th, $504) and Tom Nguyen (91st, $340).

The Little Slick is just the most recent of major events taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. Next up is the property’s Summer Deep Stack Poker Series set to run August 18-28. That series’ full schedule is available HERE.

$350 buy-in tournament more than triples the $50,000 guarantee as 516 entries vie for a shot at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa victory.

It’s Tampa. Everyone speculated the event would be big, but no one knew just exactly how big. Yesterday at 11 a.m., that questions was answered.

The $350 buy-in Memorial Day Deep Stack bested the $50,000 guarantee barely 10 minutes into the day and by Level 2 the field crossed the 250-entry mark. The Tampa faithful turned out in droves and made the event a huge success. In total, 516 loyal entries made their way to the Seminole Hard Rock and amassed a prize pool of $154,800 — an unheard of figure for an in-house, one-day event. Following 14 hours of play, Neri Sanchez emerged victorious in a six-way chop.

Sanchez, who is 35 years old and resides in St. Cloud, Fla., pocketed $25,000 moving him just south $150,000 in reported career earnings.

The event went off without a hitch and bodes well for the property’s upcoming WPTDeepStacks series June 9th-20th. Headlined by a $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Main Event and complemented by $570/$200,000 and $350/$100,000 prelims, there’s no telling what’s in store for the next series less than two weeks away.

The 2016 Little Slick Spring Poker Series concluded late Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa. With 11 starting flights, the event played out over the course of a week and saw local grinder Brandon Byars walk with its top spot and $30,422.

The Little Slick boasted a $150 buy-in and a $150,000 guarantee. The six-figure target proved to be a formality as it was edged out during Friday’s Flight J and obliterated during Saturdays 452-entry Flight K. In all, the tournament saw a field of 1,931 generate a prize pool of $231,720.

Remaining players returned for Day 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. and the tournament played out in a fury finishing less than 12 hours later after a four-way chop. While Byars left the top dog, Rafael Marcondes Reis finished 2nd ($27,000), Bryan Maguire 3rd ($24,000) and James Gavin 4th ($20,000).

Byars is 36 years old and resides in Tampa. The victory marks his eighth career cash and more than doubles his lifetime earnings

Tampa, Fla. (February 16, 2015) — The 2016 Presidents’ Day Deep Stack shattered expectations and blew the doors off the poker room Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. The $250 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed event drew a field of 509 entries obliterating the targeted prize pool before topping it out at $106,890.

The top 54 spots paid and the tournament saw the final table agree to a 10-way, ICM deal. Raphael Doromal of Orlando held the chip lead at the time and went home as the tournament’s champion. He turned his $250 buy-in into $10,400.

COMP DOLLARS are easy to earn and easy to use. You earn COMP DOLLARS by playing live poker with your Seminole Wild Card. At Seminole Casinos, you choose when, where and how to spend your COMP DOLLARS. You can spend COMP DOLLARS like regular dollars at hotels, restaurants, bars, lounges and retail stores. In addition, you may earn and use COMP DOLLARS at all Seminole Casinos throughout Florida.